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眩

眩 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. めまい。
  2. くらむ。くらくらする。
  3. まぶしい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「目」+ 音符「玄」。「くらむ」を意味する漢語｛眩｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

faint, dizzy

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゲン
  • カン
Kun (native)
  • げん(す)
  • くるめ(く)
  • まぶ(しい)
  • くら(む)
  • まど(う)
  • めま(い)
  • まばゆ(い)
  • くれ(る)
  • ま(う)
Other languages
  • 拼音xuan4
  • 한글hyeon
  • 한글hwan
  • Hán-ViệtHuyễn

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
目(め)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7729

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰目玄

Words using this kanji

  • 眩暈めまいめまい。dizziness, giddiness, vertigo
  • 眩しいまぶしいdazzling, radiant
  • 眩いまぶいcute, pretty
  • 眩惑げんわくがで正常な判断をこと。また、そのようにさせること。dazzlement, bewilderment, daze
  • 眩むくらむto be dazzled by, to be dizzied by, to be disoriented by, to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
  • 眩いまばゆいdazzling, glaring, dazzlingly beautiful
  • 眩くくるめくto feel dizzy, to feel faint, to spin, to revolve
  • 眩うまうto be dizzy, to be vertiginous
  • 眩瞑げんめいdizziness
  • 眩暈げんうんめまい。dizziness, giddiness, vertigo
  • 眩ますくらますto dazzle, to make dizzy, to bewilder

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-5
Four Corner
6003.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5c5.3
Heisig
2629
Nelson
3133